Office 2008, Office 2004 and the Open XML File Format Converter for Mac are all available from the company’s Web site. ... Excel also improved PivotTable reports in the latest update.

The important revelation, which was expected, is that some Office 12 applications (Word, Excel and Powerpoint) will use Office Open XML as the default file format.

News. Microsoft Open XML Converter Arrives for Mac. By David Nagel; 06/24/2008; Microsoft has released Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0, a file translator that allows users to open, edit, ...